Improved holder por gum scrubber



atten tette getest @ffice LEONARD FLEGKEN'STINE, OF MANOR TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVNIA.

Letters Patent No. 72,993, dated January 7, 1868.

IMRYOVED HOLDER FOR GUM SGRUBBER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN: l

Be it'known that I, LEONARD FLECKENSTINE, ot Manor township, in the county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have inven ted a new and improved Mode for Constructing Holders for a Gum Scrubber; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to thc accompanying drawings, making a part of thishspeciiication, in which- `Figure l is a perspective view of my scrubber-holder with the gum in place.

Figure 2 shows the scalloped or iluted sides of the holder, and guru clamped between the xed and loose plates. y Figure 3, end views of the same combined, and the parts shown detached-g G G, the India rubber interposed.

The nature of my invention consists in iluting or corrugating the holders, so that the gum employed will also assume a'corrugated form, thereby s'tii'ening'it, and so as greatly to increase its scrubbing` quality and eiiiciency, which is not the-case when the same is used in straight strips between straight holders, presenting a straight scrubbing-surface or edge to the iloor. y

To enable others skilled in the art to make and 'use my invention, it is only necessary to say that my stationary portion, P, is of the desired length and width, has la socket S, centrally, for the handle H. The top may be slightly rounded, while the under side of the top ismade at right angles to the corrugated side portion.

A loose corrugated piece, R, cast so that the i'luting or curves willcoincide, or made to match, when applied to its right-angled counterpart, l?, as seen by tig. 3. The plates P and R have holes near their ends for a headed bolt, IB, with a screw-end for a thumb-screw or binding-nut, N. The rubber cloth, as stout or as thick as wished, is cut-the desired length and width'. Two oblong holes are made so as to match the holes for the two bolts'.

These are placed between the 'iluted or corrugated plates, the headed bolt passed through them, the loose plate R putin its place and secured by the thumb-screw, tightly clamping two, three, or more plies of rubber between them, giving to theprojecting edge of the gum the corrugated foldsbf the heads. The object for elongating the holes in the gum is for the purpose of drawing the same out, by slacking the thumb-screws as the edges wear ci?, to utilize a greater portion of the gum. v

I am aware that India rubber, used as ascrubber, is not new, used combined with a mop-cloth or otherwise. I am aware also that clamps are used with a deep groove and compresser-rod, operated by thumb-screws; also of mop-headsbeing used in two purts,joined by a headed bolt and nut; also fingers interlock to hold the cloth, not applicable to my use, When the gum or rubber comes in contact with the floor with its straight and fluccid edge, it fails to perform 'its duty as a scrubber.

I am not aware that in order to overcome this serious objection, corrugated or luted holders have ever been used or thought of` before, and by which means the India rubber is moulded into short turn/s, or crimpled in u manner as to greatly increase its stiffness and scrubbing-qualities,and so as to give it the eiiiciency desired, and heretofore not obtained. Y

I do not broadly claim-using gum for scrubbing, nor a mophead made `in two parts, held by holts and screws; such have been in use before.V i l l i lVlhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

The arrangement of the two corrugated or iluted plates P R, for the purpose of folding the scrubbing-edges of India ri.1bbef,togethcr with the use of a socket and screw-bolts, substantially in the manner shown and specified LEONARD FLE CKENSTIN E.

Witnesses:

WM. B. 'WILEY, JACOB STAUFFER, 

